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EUGENE 'Tt ,EEOWNEIELE 0E* sMITHEE-LD, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 75,621, dated March 17, 1868. l

j IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

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To ALL WHoM' 1r ,MAY coNoERN: y. Be lit known that I, EUGENE T. BROWNFIELD, ofSmithiield-,in the county ofiFayette, and -State oi' Pennsyl` Vania, lleve invented certain'new and useful Improvementsin Ghurns; and I do hereby declare that the following 1s af'ull, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of `reference markedthereon, lwhich form a part of' this specification, in whicl1 'Figure l represents a vertical lon'gitudinal'section of my churn. Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same. i y

Figure 3V is a. perspective vievv ofthe adjustable axle and balance-wheel. ,Figurefl isla perspective of the desher.4 i i t Figure 5`is a perspective of the top of the churn.

`VThe letter A represents the frame o i lmy churn, which is rectangular in` form. B represents the dnslier,

which consists of a series of s'lats c inserted inthe head pieces b in an oblique position, as seen injtig. 4.. g and designate tivo metal sockets, one of which is 'attached to each ot the head pieces The. socket g receives the square endet' 'xle inferi-ulrich is placed the balance-Wheel n. -Into the sockth is inserted the end of the axle c, tor which thepinion s is -attached. llil'represents the driving-Wheel, which plays on axle Gr, the said axle being securely fastene'dto the end of frame A. .The wheel Fgears into pinion l, and thus gives motion to dashe-r B. In order that the dasher Bm'ay beremoved at pleasure. for the purpose of being cleaned, the alxle m) can be removed in the following mam'ler:v The u xle m isfprovided `with the shoulder t, the said shonlderbeing intended to bear' against the metclplate L, as seen inv fig. 2. In :order to keep the'axlem in-a horizontal position when ,in motion, the slide Eis provided, the said slide being made concave atits lower end, so as to Et the surfaceof .f

axle m, and bent outwardat top, as shown by `letter f, fig. 1. [It 'will be observed that-the slide ic has a. longitudinal slot in it, soj as to admit of ai vertical play under the knobs In order toj keep the vslide'in position when its lower end is pressing 'onA axle m, the rodc is provided, one end ofl said rod beingloop'ed on.v a bolt, u,

and thev opposite end slippedunder' the boltfv; .the middle of said rodipressingon the topof slide 'c,t1vil1.ho1d

-it in its place. When itis desired to remove the axle m, the rod 'c' een be slipped from under bolt 1;,"theslide "7c raised, and the axle m removed. .H represents the' adjustable top of my churn, which is'furnishedwith thefnnnels j', intended to admit the air into .the interior o f the` churn.= VIn order to prevent the mouth of said funnels from being obstructed 4by Vthe.creamor butter, the shields P gire provided,'as shown'in 'dotted lines in fig. 1. 7

My churn is operated by crank ".l, whichjs fastened to driving-wheel'F. 'I

Having thusdescrb'ed my invention, vvhat I- cla'im, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

` 1. The top, H, when'provided with the funnels J ,IJ T and shields PP P P, substantially for the purpose setforth. i v

2. Desher B, constructed .with oblique slats, substantially as herein. described.'

3. The dasher B,'n combination with axles m and e, slidec, andlever c', the whole constructed and arranged substantially as specied.

v testimony that-I claimithe foregoing as my own, I aix my signature in presence oi:l two witnesses. EUGENE r. BEOWNEIELE,

Witnesses: i t

THOMAS WILLIAMS, vIl. B.instituteur. 

